montaña rusa
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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “Russian mountain”.
Noun
montaña rusa f (plural montañas rusas)
- rollercoaster
- 2005, Jill Norris, Spanish/English Read & Understand, Grade 1, page 241:
- Chela gritó, “¡Vamos a la montaña rusa! ¡Qué divertido!
- Chela screamed, "Let's go to the rollercoaster! How fun!
- (figurative) rollercoaster
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see montaña, rusa.
Further reading
- “montaña rusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28